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Does anyone know which pub this was?
- Thread starter Mitsy
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In !898 John Duller only rented the refreshment rooms at Bingley Hall. He'd rented the refreshment rooms before at shows there. So the refreshment room may well have, on later occasions, been 'dressed' to look like a tavern/public bar.
I remember seeing a newspaper cutting of large, almost life-size model buildings of Birmingham's historical places on show at Bingley Hall. Very lifelike.
I remember seeing a newspaper cutting of large, almost life-size model buildings of Birmingham's historical places on show at Bingley Hall. Very lifelike.
pjmburns
master brummie
He appears to die in 1930 same address as on 1911 census
There is a son John but on 1939 reg he is a cycle mechanic so did the company close after J A jnrs death?
To add to that John, the refreshment room was above the entrance, so not on the ground floor. It's possible there were two refreshment rooms.
Something struck me on closer examination of the photo which seems to confirm (well at least to me) that the bar is a temporary structure. Follow the dotted (ceiling) line and you'll see the windows continue much higher than the 'ceiling'. With windows set that high, this must be a bar in some sort of exhibition hall, so not in a pub. Also the light fitting is on a wire suspended from somewhere going off to the right. It doesn't look like a permanent light fitting. Wherever it was, the building this bar was in, had large windows with small leaded panes of glass.
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yes its possible viv...i keep changing my mind as to if its a pub or not..
shame mitsy has not come back with a bit more info about maggie hill..ie when was she born and was maggie her name or short for margaret and also where abouts she lived...extra info may just help us..
lyn
shame mitsy has not come back with a bit more info about maggie hill..ie when was she born and was maggie her name or short for margaret and also where abouts she lived...extra info may just help us..
lyn
brummy-lad
master brummie
I never noticed this before but it appears that the ceiling is tongue and groove boarding with a reflection of the window as Mike has said.
Could this be the cause of the 'reflection' brummy-lad ? This was Bingley Hall roof in 1908. I notice from other images that there's a balcony around the hall, too. So perhaps the bar was on a balcony - earlier I mentioned that the refreshment room was over the entrance.
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brummy-lad
master brummie
I think you’ve nailed it Viv, I looked everywhere for images of the interior and you managed to find one. It’s reasonably conclusive given that each window has 5 vertical panes of glass just like the original photograph. I’m convinced now that it was Bingley Hall.